The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 08 (of 10)Gadow, Hans
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 08 (of 10)
Gadow, Hans
Animals
Fingers free, toes webbed .......... _Rana_, p. 249.
Fingers and toes more or less webbed. Always with discs ..........
_Rhacophorus_,* p. 245.
Two fingers opposed to the others. Africa ..........
_Chiromantis_,* p. 244.
_b_. Outer metatarsals united, or separated by a groove only.
Omo- and meta-sternum with a bony style .......... _Cornufer_,
p. 243.
Omo- and meta-sternum slender and cartilaginous.
Ceylon, 2 species .......... _Nannophrys._
Mozambique .......... _Phrynopsis boulengeri._
_B_. Without vomerine teeth.
_a_. Palaeotropical.
α. Tongue narrow and entire. No discs. Outer metatarsals webbed.
India, 3 species .......... _Oxyglossus_.
β. Tongue oval, feebly nicked. Large discs. Solomon Islands
.......... _Batrachylodes vertebralis._
Karin Hills .......... _Phrynoderma asperum._
γ. Tongue deeply notched. Outer metatarsals united by a web.
Discs none or very small.
Africa, 3 species .......... _Phrynobatrachus._
Borneo .......... _Oreobatrachus baluensis._
With regular discs.
Number of phalanges normal. India, 5 species ..........
_Micrixalus._
With an extra, interpolated phalanx. India, 18 species
.......... _Ixalus._*
Two fingers opposed to the others. Karin Hills ..........
_Chirixalus doriae._*
δ. Tongue heart-shaped. Outer metatarsals united.
Fingers and toes free, tips blunt. Africa, 8 species ..........
_Arthroleptis_, p. 242.
Fingers and toes more or less webbed, with regular discs. Africa
and Madagascar, 23 species .......... _Rappia._*
{242}_b_. Neotropical. Metasternum small, cartilaginous or
membranous. With discs.
1. With a pair of dermal scales on the discs. Omosternum with a
bony style.
Tongue heart-shaped. Ecuador, 2 species .......... _Hylixalus._
Toes free. 5 species .......... _Phyllobates_, p. 242.
Tongue entire. Ecuador and Colombia, 3 species ..........
_Prostherapis._
Omosternum cartilaginous. Ecuador .......... _Phyllodromus
pulchellus._
2. Discs without scales. Omosternum absent. Colombia ..........
_Colosthetus latinasus._
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